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vessel / ostracon

Object type

Museum number

EA70847

Description

Ostracon, small fragment of the body of a red-brown pottery vessel, the fabric is partially grey-black in section and contains many small white inclusions, the interior is slightly grooved and covered with a dark-brown resinous deposit, the exterior is covered with a self-slip and remains of at least one line of Coptic text written in black ink.